Boot or shoe cleaner



(No Model.)

A. REEVES & A W. JOHNSON.

BOOT 0R SHOE CLEANER.

Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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attachment therefor.

UNiTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS REEVES AND ALFRED W. JOHNSON, OF ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

BOOT OR SHOE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 600,376, dated March 8, 1898.

Application filed March 1 2 1 8 9 7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, AMOS REEVES and ALFRED W. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Rock Falls, in the county of lVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot or Shoe Cleaners; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to boot and shoe cleaners, and refers more specially to that class of such devices covering a scraper for removing mud from the shoes and a brush The principal features of our invention are simplicity, compactness, and protection of the brush from the weather.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention when in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of our device when not in use. Fig. 3 is a cross-section in the line a: a: of Fig. 2.

Similar figures and letters refer to similar parts in all the drawings.

1 is the usual mud-scraper, supported on the plate 2, which is rigidly secured to the step or walk where it is to be used. On the plate 2, at one end of the scraper 1, are rigid standards 3, to which is hinged, as at a, the brush-holder i, of the same length as the scraper. The brush-holder 4 is provided with a projection 5, by means of which it can be operated. The free end of the brush-holder when closed rests upon the standard 6 at that end of the scraper l opposite the standards 3. Within the brush-holder is secured an ordinary wooden-backed brush 7, either by means of a screw passing through the brush-holder into the back of the brush or by any other suitable method.

As the main part of our device can be constructed in two parts of cast-iron it can be cheaply manufactured.

When desired to use our device, the brush is thrown back by catching the toe under the projection 5 and raising the brush-holder.

Serial No. 627,153. (No model.)

After scraping and brushing the shoes it can be closed in the same way. Not only does the brush-holder 4 serve as a protection for the brush when our invention is closed, but in closing the same the end of the brushholder falling upon the standard 6 jars the dirt out of the brush 7 and keeps it clean.

\Vhen not in use, the device takes up little more room than the scraper alone would occupy.

WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a boot and shoe cleaner, the combination, with a base or plate provided with a longitudinal scraper and an abutment at one end, of a cover pivot-ally secured to the other end, the free end of the cover being provided with a projection for closing or opening the cover, the cover being adapted to lie even with the base when open and to extend over it when closed, and a brush secured to the interior of the cover, substantially as set forth.

2. In a boot and shoe cleaner, the combination, with a base or plate, one end of which is provided with an abutment, and the opposite end is provided with ears, said base being provided with a scraper extending longitudinally thereof, a box-like cover provided with curved arms pivotally secured to the cars at one end and having its opposite end provided with a projection adapted to engage with and project beyond the abutment at the end of the base when the cover is folded over the plate, the top of the cover being adapted to lie even with the base when open, and a brush secured to the interior of the cover, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

AMOS REEVES. ALFRED W. J OIINSON. l/Vitnesses as to Reeves: JAMES C. WINTERS, CHAS. T. DEETs. \Vitnesses as to Johnson:

MAURICE D. JOHN, JNO. I-I. BYEns. 

